"Poor Sarah" is a wired story, and also Sarah, the main character, she seems weird too.
I think the story is wired because how Sarah acts is wired.
When I read about how Sarah want to be a good Christian so badly, she seems has no thoughts of anyone, anything. The only thing in her life is god. I wonder if her life is just so awful so she ignored all the bad things and totally trust in god to gain spiritual peace, or the believe in god makes her feel happiness and do not think is suffering at all. More, When reading the story, I keep thinking what had been said in "The Woman Who Loved a Snake", different people have different interpretations of one single story. I am trying to understand what this story is all about. Does some part of the story base to truth and others in imagery, or this story is written on a particular purpose? It is interesting that in class someone points out Sarah is actually Boudinot. Evidences makes me kind of believing that, but there is no way to prove it. But I have one thought, whatever it is written by Boudinot or not, the text is the way that Boudinot wants it to be (since he is publisher, I image he has the power to edit the story or even not publish it if he think this story is not meaningful). This story is not much meaningful to me, since I think it is a weird story and the story has kind of bad ending. But I image maybe someone in that time, will think this story is meaningful, and probably why Boudinot wrote it or publish it.
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2 comments:
yeah i agree that the significance of the story is pretty ineffective when it comes to making me change my mind about anything. i mean through personal experience i already don't think the church is doing the right thing and also that the system will always let you down, as it did for poor sarah. especially if you're a minority like that poor poor indian woman. but whatever, it's all about being happy, and sarah was super greatful for everything and died accepting her fate.
I agree with your stance on the story in regards to it being fustrating and sad, but in my opinion it is very meaningful. It shows that people in terrible situations can find a way to fight and wake up everyday with a positive attitude. In Sarah's case, her motivation was to live a sinless lifestyle with the hope that she may one day ascend to heaven. I dont agree with her choice, but if it made her happy and gave her a reason to "live", then we should respect it because its her life.
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